Entry:

Marcus, George E.; Piereson, James; and Sullivan, John, "Rural-Urban Differences in Tolerance: Confounding Problems of Conceptualization and Measurement," Rural Sociology, 45 (Winter, 1980), 731-737.


Abstract:

The authors argue that reliance on Stouffer's culture shock hypothesis produce inaccurate measurements of urban-rural differences in political tolerance. (See also Petersen and Smith, No. 2361?? and Smith and Petersen, No. 2866??)

GSS Years:

1972-74

Other Data Sets:

NORC, 1978

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
XNORCSIZ

EXPANDED N.O.R.C. SIZE CODE

SPKATH

ALLOW ANTI-RELIGIONIST TO SPEAK

COLCOM

SHOULD COMMUNIST TEACHER BE FIRED

LIBCOM

ALLOW COMMUNISTS BOOK IN LIBRARY

SPKCOM

ALLOW COMMUNIST TO SPEAK

COLSOC

ALLOW SOCIALIST TO TEACH

LIBSOC

ALLOW SOCIALISTS BOOK IN LIBRARY

SPKSOC

ALLOW SOCIALIST TO SPEAK

COLATH

ALLOW ANTI-RELIGIONIST TO TEACH

LIBATH

ALLOW ANTI-RELIGIOUS BOOK IN LIBRARY